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10 Kaiser Permanente security leaders
These ten Kaiser Permanente cybersecurity leaders include the chief information security officer, the deputy CISO, a former deputy CISO and directors who run threat management, network and IoT security, cloud security, threat intelligence and identity. A reader can learn how security leaders run security organizations inside Kaiser Permanente.
Professionals to explore
01—10Al Cochran, CISSP
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Information Security · Kaiser Permanente
Executive Director, Information Security at Kaiser Permanente since 2008, based in Oakland. Other roles shown are Senior Director of Risk & Compliance Information Security at TSYS (2005–2008), Senior Director at AmSouth Bank (2001–2005) and Senior Director of Managed Security Services at VeriSign (2000–2001), with specialties listed in information security, PCI and risk assessment.
Daniel Silverstein
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Enterprise Security Architecture and Cloud Security · Kaiser Permanente
Senior Director for Enterprise Security Architecture and Cloud Security at Kaiser Permanente since 2026. Other Kaiser Permanente roles shown are Principal Cloud Security Architect (2020–2026), Principal in cyber security architecture (2015–2020) and cross-regional security lead for Epic EMR systems integration (2008–2010).
Elliott Jones
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) · Kaiser Permanente
Chief Information Security Officer at Kaiser Permanente since 2023, a role the profile places in the Engineering and Technical department at C-Level. Other roles shown are CISO at Keck Medicine of USC (2020–2023), CISO at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego (2017–2020) and Information Systems Security Manager at SSC Pacific (2002–2017).
Kevin Vandeloo
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Cyber Security · Kaiser Permanente
Senior Director, Cyber Security at Kaiser Permanente since 2014; his profile says he is accountable for strategy and execution of the cyber analytical and threat management platforms. Other roles shown are Director of Global Security Engineering & Operations at First Data (2011–2014) and Network Security Officer at Lubbock National Bank.
Kristan Kline
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Network Security and IoT Shared Services · Kaiser Permanente
Executive Director, Network Security and IoT Shared Services at Kaiser Permanente since 2022; the profile describes leading the teams responsible for network security, operational technology security and IoT shared services across the enterprise. Other Kaiser Permanente roles shown are Chief of Strategy & Innovation for Workplace Technologies and Principal for network strategy.
Matthew Parks
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Threat Intelligence and Detection Engineering · Kaiser Permanente
Senior Director, Threat Intelligence and Detection Engineering at Kaiser Permanente since 2022, after serving as Senior Manager of Security Analytics there (2015–2022). Other roles shown are Security Consultant at Visa, Senior Security Engineer and team lead at First Data (2009–2015) and Security Consultant at FishNet Security.
Michael Shutes
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Identity & Access Management Service Strategy & Leadership · Kaiser Permanente
Senior Director of Identity & Access Management Service Strategy & Leadership at Kaiser Permanente since 2022, after serving as Director in the same area there (2018–2022). Other roles shown are Senior Manager Cloud Identity Business Operations & Client Success (2017–2018) and Cloud Identity Delivery Leader (2015–2017) at IBM; the profile cites more than 20 years in IT security.
Paul Selby
LinkedInExperience: Deputy, Chief Information Security Officer · Kaiser Permanente
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Kaiser Permanente since 2025. Other roles shown are Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity and CISO at the U.S. Department of Energy (2023–2025), Deputy CISO at the Internal Revenue Service (2022–2023) and Supply Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve since 2007.
Priya Gnanasundar
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Cloud Security Strategy & Execution, Security Architecture, Automation Engineering · Kaiser Permanente
Former Senior Director for Cloud Security Strategy & Execution, Security Architecture and Automation Engineering at Kaiser Permanente (2019–2024), and Deputy CISO there (2022–2023). She was then Managing Director for Cyber Strategy, Product, AI & Cloud Security at The Cigna Group (2024–2026) and now works in cyber technology and strategy at KPMG.
Rajesh Bhabu
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Identity and Access Management · Kaiser Permanente
Senior Director, Identity and Access Management at Kaiser Permanente since 2021, with a headline naming identity and access management engineering. Other Kaiser Permanente roles shown are Director of Cyber Security for Identity & Access Management (2018–2021), Manager of IAM Engineering (2015–2018) and Lead Architect; he also worked at Oracle.
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- 01How does a large health system secure medical devices, operational technology and IoT across its hospitals?
- 02How does a health system run threat intelligence and detection engineering for patient data?
- 03How does a health system organize identity and access management for clinicians and staff?
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